Hi, I'm Emrol

I'm 'Trini to d bone' and I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I love my Caribbean heritage; our foods, our musical rhythms, and mostly our warm, friendly, diverse peoples. I think it's impossible to live in Trinidad & Tobago and not love these things. I'm an IT Project Manager (PMP) employed with one of the World's largest Financial institutions, a working student (a struggling one at that), and a husband of 10 years. I grew up as a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Cadet Force, and have a penchant for things military.

Why I am a Mormon

Twenty-two years ago, when Missionaries first knocked on my single mother's door, I was the only member of my family to join the Church at that time. I thought that I knew the Church was true, but it took ten years to realise that up to that point, I only believed what I was taught, and hadn't yet come to truly KNOW for myself.

I was reading... no studying... from the New Testament, engaged in a period of regular fasting, and prayer over a few weeks, for the specific purpose of finding out what the Lord's will was for me at that time in my life. When I came to one of the parts that related Jesus' experience in the Garden of Gethsemane, I started to think about what it would take for me to suffer like that for someone else's mistakes... their choices. I then realised that He did that because of MY mistakes... MY choices... some of those choices were deliberate. Why would He do that? Because to Him, I am worth it. He paid the price for my sins, 2,000 years before I would even think about committing those sins. I felt loved, and yet ashamed. At that point I received the Spiritual witness, that Jesus is The Christ, and that while He paid that price for all of our Heavenly Father's children, he paid it for me. The Atonement became real to me, and it became personal. "How merciful the Lord hath been" (Moroni 10: 3) took on new meaning.

That witness... that knowledge, helped me to realise that because of His love for us, He would prepare, and provide a means for us to find our way through the confusion my man's many interpretations of His Word. That means includes the Book of Mormon, and the Prophets He has called to be on the Earth in these times. If we heed their words, follow their counsel, and obey His commands, we will receive all that He has in store for us.

This I KNOW to be true.

How I live my faith

At present, I am a lay ecclesiastical leader of several local congregation. This allows me the opportunity to develop leaderships skills, and Christ-like qualities, as I seek to provide effective service to the local leaders, and the general membership.

Of course, I also need to apply the principles that I teach to my own life and family.

I am grateful for the opportunity to grow as I serve, and to help others do the same.

To what do you attribute the growth of the Church?

Emrol answered...

A Book of Mormon Prophet said, "And now, as the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the people to do that which was just—yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which had happened unto them—therefore Alma thought it was expedient that they should try the virtue of the word of God." (Alma 31: 5).

Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, teach the pure doctrine. They teach from the scriptures, and they share their personal testimonies - the things that they know for themselves to be true. Persons being taught my Missionaries are invited to find out for themselves. They are invited to appeal to our Heavenly Father in prayer, and if they do so in faith, the willingness to act on what they find out, they will receive an answer via the testimony of the Holy Ghost.

While many will not always act in faith, or understand the witness that they receive, many more will, and that sure knowledge cannot be denied.
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Angela answered...

I think the Church is growing because people see that there can be a better way to live, that they don't have to be bound by the chains of addiction, pornography, dysfunction and broken homes. We know that the most important thing in this world is the family and the future of this world is found in the lives of the children and teenagers we see on the street, in our malls and schools. The best thing we can do is teach them to be honest, upright and moral citizens who can contribute to the betterment of society. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that the family is incredibly significant--so significant that God wants us to be families forever, even when we die. This is huge for many people in the world who realize that their children can really be with them forever. There is tremendous comfort in that, and I think this is why so many people are drawn to this Church. It provides hope and peace.

What are Mormon church services like? Are visitors allowed at church meetings? Can I attend church?

Julianne! answered...

Mormon church services are dignified and simple. A sacrament meeting will be conducted by a regular guy wearing a regular business suit. The organ will be played by a regular member of the congregation who is not paid for his or her service. The singing will be led by a regular member of the congretaion. The prayers will be given by regular folks. The sacrament will be blessed and passed by regular folks, usually teenage boys. The talks will be given by members of the congregation, often teenagers. Special music might be presented by regular folks, or the ward choir. Members of the ward choir are just regular members of the congregation who like to sing, and are not paid for their service. Looking around the congregation, you will most likely see some singles but also families including little children and babies. Babies tend to be fussy so the room will not be totally silent. We try to maintain reverence, but it's a learning process. The kids are not perfectly reverent, and neither are the rest of us. People are dressed in regular clothes, usually conservative and modest. Men and boys usually wear dress shirts and ties. Women and girls usually wear dresses or skirts.

You are welcome to come and attend any of our worship services. You will not be asked to stand and sit, stand and sit, stand and sit. No one will pass a collection plate or ask you for money. You come in and sit and relax. And when you come, please sit by me!